Hello to everyone. I'm strictly a warship modeller, having been involved with the Royal Navy as a civilian all my life - now retired. I have built Vic Smeeds Thornycroft MTB, Dean's Solebay, Revell's Snowberry (motorised of course), static models include Sergal's HMS President and HMS Racehorse and I have also built Trumpeter's Sovremenny. I am currently (for my sins) building Dean's HMS Nubian as its is a ship built in Portsmouth Dockyard where I served my apprenticeship. My problem is that I enjoy the build more than operating the r/c boats therefore they haven't been on the water much, that and the fact I'm about 15 miles from a decent pond, that being the Canoe Lake at Southsea where parking is not always easy. I hope to learn much from you modellers and if I can help others that would be a bonus. Bye for now.